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I judge people very quickly.
Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.
A story about my life would be utterly dull.
Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.
Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.
I'd like to have stayed in the Scouts beyond the age of 12.
I've cried a lot because of women. I cry a lot, as a person.
A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.
I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.
I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.
The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more.
I wanted to join the navy to get some perspective on the world and explore.
I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face.
It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press.
Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.
I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it.
When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'
One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up.
I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas.
When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.
I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't.
I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted.
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them.
As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like Bourne.
Our intellect, our awareness, and our consciousness is the most powerful form of life on this planet.
I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.'
I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time.
That's the main thing that attracts me - characters who have big journeys. I like playing those people.
I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.
Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.
I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.
For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.
The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.
If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'
I'm 5 foot 7, and I've got pasty white skin. I don't think I'm ugly, don't get me wrong, but I'm not your classic lead man, Brad Pitt guy.
I look at the Christian Bale movies, the Batman films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in tights.
Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.
People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not nice at all.
I look at the Christian Bale movies, the 'Batman' films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in tights.
I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.
I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake you're dead.
I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake, you're dead.
Basically, every character I've ever played, I've based entirely on internal conflict. And I love doing that, because I think it's very human.
Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.
As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing.
I wanted to be a missionary and work abroad, but girls started to become a bigger part of my life around the time I lost interest in the priesthood.